CVE-2017-16014 (GCVE-0-2017-16014)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-04 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 21:57
VLAI
Summary
Http-proxy is a proxying library. Because of the way errors are handled in versions before 0.7.0, an attacker that forces an error can crash the server, causing a denial of service.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions (CWE-703)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HackerOne http-proxy node module Affected: <=0.6.6
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Date Public
2018-04-26 00:00
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